Executive fired for moslem joke.

**Dilligaf** · 22nd January 2008, 14:13

Executive fired for moslem joke.

You know how it goes, do a presentation, fire off a joke. Joke seen as offensive by your employer and its collect your P45 time.

Still he should not let this get him down and try to look on the Sunni said of life...

from the Daily Mail

A Barclaycard executive has been forced to quit after making an insulting remark about Muslims.
Marc Howells, one of the company's leading figures, left his £200,000-a-year job following the tasteless quip during a staff meeting as he discussed quarterly figures.

Colleagues were stunned when he said: "The results were like Muslims - some were good, some were Shi'ite."

Offended members of staff complained to senior bosses about the "wholly inappropriate" comment.

Mr Howells, 42, who worked for Barclaycard's European arm and has a £2million home in St John's Wood, was forced out earlier this month after negotiating an undisclosed pay-off, classed as "redundancy under compromise".

A company source said: "No one could quite believe their ears when he came out with his Shi'ite joke.

"He had a very responsible job in a multinational company. What on earth was he thinking of?

"There were a few embarrassed guffaws but everyone except him knew he was for the high jump the moment he said it."

Talk about landing yourself in the Shi'ite.

**Sully60** · 22nd January 2008, 14:32

Oh well, at least he'll have plenty of time on his hands to sit in the sunni.

**Bren** · 22nd January 2008, 14:37

poor bastard......most of us would not even raise an eyebrow at a comment like that....but some of them bastards in the high rolling jobs have got their head so far up their arse about PC bullshit that they are swallowing their lunch a second time around.....mmm corn!

**Steam** · 22nd January 2008, 15:16

It's not about PC bullshit at all. It's about proft and hoping to do business with Muslims in future.

**Ixion** · 22nd January 2008, 15:19

I wonder if any of the "offended members of staff" were actually Muslims.

None of the Muslims I know would be at all offended by such a pun.

**ital916** · 22nd January 2008, 15:44

Thats stupid, it's a pretty funny joke, i chuckled at it. I reckon he should have got a slap on the wrist or a warning. I reckon that the people who complained just wanted his job, the worlds gone to hell in a politically correct handbasket....good lord the world going to hell thats a christian theory, i have neglected to mention the other religious bad places were going.

**awayatc** · 22nd January 2008, 15:51

Originally Posted by Sully60

Oh well, at least he'll have plenty of time on his hands to sit in the sunni.

yeah and listen to shihad.....

I say kill all infidels!

blow em up

**Bikernereid** · 22nd January 2008, 16:01

Pissed myself laughing. God you can't even demonstrate wit these days what the hell is the world coming to. I HATE THE PC BRIGADE!!!!

Bet the Muslims would probably find it funny. I bet it was loads of up their own arse, boring fuck wits who are in need of a bloody good blow job etc that got offended.

Originally Posted by Dilligaf

Executive fired for moslem joke.

You know how it goes, do a presentation, fire off a joke. Joke seen as offensive by your employer and its collect your P45 time.

Still he should not let this get him down and try to look on the Sunni said of life...

from the Daily Mail

A Barclaycard executive has been forced to quit after making an insulting remark about Muslims.
Marc Howells, one of the company's leading figures, left his £200,000-a-year job following the tasteless quip during a staff meeting as he discussed quarterly figures.

Colleagues were stunned when he said: "The results were like Muslims - some were good, some were Shi'ite."

Offended members of staff complained to senior bosses about the "wholly inappropriate" comment.

Mr Howells, 42, who worked for Barclaycard's European arm and has a £2million home in St John's Wood, was forced out earlier this month after negotiating an undisclosed pay-off, classed as "redundancy under compromise".

A company source said: "No one could quite believe their ears when he came out with his Shi'ite joke.

"He had a very responsible job in a multinational company. What on earth was he thinking of?

"There were a few embarrassed guffaws but everyone except him knew he was for the high jump the moment he said it."

Talk about landing yourself in the Shi'ite.

**Number One** · 22nd January 2008, 16:12

Originally Posted by South3rn Rid3r

poor bastard......most of us would not even raise an eyebrow at a comment like that....but some of them bastards in the high rolling jobs have got their head so far up their arse about PC bullshit that they are swallowing their lunch a second time around.....mmm corn!

YUP!

PC has gone way over the top. Harrassment policies are worded so you have to always 'err on the side of caution'. The wording of these policies is so vague so as to allow room for any kind of 'offense' to be considered under it's jurisdiction. You don't even have to be the one whose offended by what someone has said to you, someone you later told could get all offended on your behalf and have the person fired for it!!! TRUE cos I was involved in several investigations that went that way! AND it even extended to whatever 'might be deemed inappropriate' - so screen savers of tasty boys (or girls) even fully clothed ones could be construed as 'sexual exploitation' couldn't even have the topless all blacks photo up on the wall by my desk!

...bloody drove me nuts as the blunt and terribly honest girl that I am I have had my fair share of 'foot in mouth' moments and had many slaps on the hands for it too!

Raised by a soldier who didn't tolerate kiddy or soft PC talk...I can still recall his schooling. Dear you don't do a pooh pooh you do a CRAP...you don't pass wind you FART, you don't have a bum bum dear you have an ARSE and finally it's not a pee pee, it's a COCK. Funny how this was all fine until (as an excitable 4 year old)standing waiting in a crowded bank one Friday lunchtime with my daddy and mummy (before ATM machines) I trust my hand into his crotch and exclaimed to ALL those waiting people that "THIS IS MY DADDIES COCK!!!"

**more_fasterer** · 23rd January 2008, 11:22

Wow, talk about an over-reaction. Imagine the reprimand he would've received had he posted up a video of concrete being poured on Youtube!

**vifferman** · 23rd January 2008, 11:38

Originally Posted by Bikern1mpho

Bet the Muslims would probably find it funny.

But that's the thing - they seem to have no sense of humour. Almost every group gets targeted by comedians etc., yet the Muslims seem to be terrifically intolerant of even things not intended as slurs. As a result, all around the world people are falling over backwards to be PC with them, while the more militant of the Muslims behave like complete and utter intolerant arseholes.